Warren William
Biography
Warren William (born Warren William Krech; 2 December 1894 - 24 September 1948) was an American stage, screen, and radio actor, popular as a film leading man during the early 1930s, and later nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code". He is best remembered for portraying amoral businessmen, lawyers, and other heartless types.
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Acting History
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)
1994Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1947The Private Affairs of Bel Ami as Laroche-Mathieu
1946Fear as Police Capt. Burke
1945Strange Illusion as Brett Curtis
1943Passport to Suez as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
1943One Dangerous Night as Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
1942Counter-Espionage as Michael Lanyard
1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Harry Farrel
1941The Wolf Man as Dr. Lloyd
1941Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Michael Lanyard
1941Wild Geese Calling as Blackie Bedford
1941The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Michael Lanyard
1940Arizona as Jefferson Carteret
1940Trail of the Vigilantes as Mark Dawson
1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Michael Lanyard
1940The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Michael Lanyard
1940Lillian Russell as Jesse Lewisohn
1940The Lone Wolf Strikes as Michael Lanyard
1939Day-time Wife as Bernard Dexter
1939The Man in the Iron Mask as D'Artagnan
1939The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Philo Vance
1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Michael Lanyard
1938Wives Under Suspicion as District Attorney Jim Stowell
1938The First Hundred Years as Harry Borden
1938Arsène Lupin Returns as Steve Emerson
1937The Firefly as Major de Rouchemont
1937Madame X as Bernard Fleuriot
1937Midnight Madonna as Blackie Denbo
1937Outcast as Dr. Wendell Phillips / Phil Jones
1936Breakdowns of 1936 as Self
1936Go West Young Man as Morgan
1936Stage Struck as Fred Harris
1936Satan Met a Lady as Ted Shane
1936The Case of the Velvet Claws as Perry Mason
1936Times Square Playboy as Victor 'Vic' Arnold
1935A Dream Comes True as Self (uncredited)
1935The Widow from Monte Carlo as Allan Chepstow
1935Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
1935The Case of the Lucky Legs as Perry Mason
1935Don't Bet on Blondes as Oscar 'Odds' Owen
1935The Case of the Curious Bride as Perry Mason
1935Living on Velvet as Walter 'Gibraltar' Pritcham
1935A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Himself (uncredited)
1934The Secret Bride as Robert Sheldon
1934Imitation of Life as Stephen 'Steve' Archer
1934Cleopatra as Julius Caesar
1934The Case of the Howling Dog as Perry Mason
1934The Dragon Murder Case as Philo Vance
1934Dr. Monica as John Braden
1934Smarty as Tony
1934Upperworld as Alexander Stream
1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934Bedside as Bob Brown
1933Lady for a Day as Dave the Dude
1933Goodbye Again as Kenneth L. 'Ken' Bixby
1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 as Self
1933Gold Diggers of 1933 as Lawrence
1933The Mind Reader as Chandra
1933Employees' Entrance as Kurt Anderson
1933Just Around the Corner as Mr. Sears
1932The Match King as Paul Kroll
1932Three on a Match as Robert Kirkwood
1932Skyscraper Souls as David Dwight
1932The Dark Horse as Hal Samson Blake
1932Beauty and the Boss as Baron Josef von Ullrich
1932The Mouthpiece as Vincent 'Vince' Day
1932The Woman from Monte Carlo as Lieutenant d'Ortelles
1932Under Eighteen as Raymond Harding
1931Expensive Women as Neil Hartley
1931Honor of the Family as Captain Boris Barony
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon' as Warren William - the Husband (uncredited)
1923Plunder as Mr. Jones
1922The Town That Forgot God as Eben